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Article: School holidays are for tuition
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- December 8, 2005
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Jonathan Foo; Pathmawathy Subramaniam
New Straits Times
12-08-2005
School holidays are for tuition
Byline: Jonathan Foo; Pathmawathy Subramaniam
Edition: Main/Lifestyle
KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. - School holidays used to be fun. But no more, it
seems.
Today, children are not going on camping trips or picnics. Neither are
they visiting relatives in other States. They are going right back to
their books.
Many children are trooping to tuition centres so that they can get a
head start when the school term begins. And surprisingly, the decision to
go for tuition is not always that of the parents: many children ask to be
sent for tuition during the school holidays.
Parents feel attending tuition ...